Legal Opinion
Nergaard v. Town of Westport Island
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 2, 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Majority: CLIFFORD, ALEXANDER, LEVY, SILVER, MEAD, and GORMAN, JJ.
Concurrence: ALEXANDER, J.
GORMAN, J.
[¶ 1] Paul L. Nergaard and Michael E. Stern appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Lincoln County, Hjelm, J.) affirming a decision by the Town of West-port Island Zoning Board of Appeals (Zoning Board) that the two men did not have standing to appeal a decision by the Planning Board concerning plans to improve the Town’s boat-launching site. Because we conclude that the Zoning Board did not err as a matter of law in deciding that Nergaard and Stern were without, standing, we affirm the…
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